Ali's Blog - Outside of the Circle
Ali's latest articles on designing life, work, or business on your own terms, creating change successfully, and unleashing your true potential.
We all experience struggles at times in our life and work, for all sorts of reasons. Some happen due to external sources outside of our control. Some are self-created.
Solving those things can feel d...
We live in an always on world. We are conditioned to always be on the go, doing something, schedules packed, both personally and professionally. It has become the accepted status quo. That is somethin...
There are things in our life and work that hold us back.
There are things in our life and work that will stop us from achieving what matters most.
There are things in our life or work that we wish w...
Deciding to create change in your life or work rarely comes with an absolute guarantee of success. So it helps to have a strategy to set yourself up to succeed.
If there is a change you want to creat...
Life and work can often feel over complex and over busy. This can have a negative impact on achieving what matters most to you and leave you feeling overwhelmed.
That is because complexity, busyness...
If you would like to feel less busy in your life and work but don't know where to start, you are not alone. We live in a society where busy seems to have become the default mode in life and work.
Yet...
If you want to increase your chances of achieving what matters most to you in your life or work, it is important to make sure you are not getting in your own way of the progress and results you desire...
Often when we set out to achieve what matters most to us in our life and work, we focus predominantly on plans, goals, actions, and what we need to do.
Rarely do we stop to consider our mental and ph...
There is a common habit that people who feel stuck often have that is keeping them stuck.
It is this.
They continually talk in statements about their problem, situation, or challenge.
What I mea...
We live in a world of constant distractions. With so many things sucking our time, attention, and focus, distractions get in the way of important things. Things like achieving what matters most to you...
We all experience struggles in some way, shape, or form as we navigate life and work. They can get in the way of progress and hold you back from achieving what matters most to you.
To avoid that, it ...